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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 18 Apr 2002

Vol. 552 No. 2

Written Answers. - Ministerial Expenses.

Pádraic McCormack

Ceist:

104 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the total expenses he has received and that of the Ministers of State (details supplied) from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2001. [12231/02]

Apart from Oireachtas allowances arising by virtue of membership of Dáil Éireann, the following table sets out details of expenditure by my Department on ministerial expenses and allowances in the period 1 January to 31 October 2001:

Department of the Environment and Local Government

Expenses

DeputyDempsey

DeputyMolloy

DeputyWallace

Domestic Travel

Mileage expenses

Nil (1)

Nil (1)

20,597 (2)

Domestic Travel

Subsistence expenses

289

Nil

Nil

Foreign Travel

Subsistence expenses

3,108

1,762

599

Foreign Travel

Representational allowance

1,143

952

381

Monthly MinisterialAllowance

11,948

10,854

10,854

Totals

16,488

13,568

32,431

Notes – (1) Both Deputies Dempsey and Molloy had use of State cars in the period in question.
(2) The figure shown reflects all official travel in the period. As a breakdown of this figure between official travel in the constituency and elsewhere is not a requirement under existing recoupment of expenses procedures, that information is not available.
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